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So I asked her. "How can I help you make

  • So I asked her. "How can I help you make your dreams come true?" She held up the Happy costume.

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  • "Uh, I don't think it'll fit. I'm too...big!" I winked at her. And she had the audacity to LAUGH! "OK, Mister Frowny-Face!" she teased. But I could tell she was disappointed, so I

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  • tried to squeeze in but then I heard the cardboard spaceship start to break. "Daddy!" she screamed! "Daddy you're gonna break it!" "I told you kiddo" I said

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  • , "this ship is indestructible." Both of us squashed inside, I told her to push down the red lever; a low rumble and the engines of confetti began to fire. "Daddy, we're flying!"

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  • "Am I Dad of the Year or what!" I was elated our airship was up & flyin'. "Dad, is the basket supposed to burn, too?" "Shi..ngles!" No fire extinguisher? "Don't look, Honey." <zip>

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  • Dad and I would have burned to death as we fell through the atmosphere had it not been for The Cloud, which caught us gently and redistributed us through Bethany's cellphone.

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  • Apparently the Cloud was another name for UFOs, because I mean how else can you explain what just happened? Bethany was angry at first, maybe worried what we'd find there

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  • Seen while she slept. One Martian made it clear that humans dirty socks made rocket fuel.

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  • The Martians gathered and started hammering out a plan for the voyage home. The rocket, front-loaded with huge engine, was crammed with loots, the most prized being bovine gas.

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  • They worked restlessly, doing their best to finish it before storm could come. It lifted towards the sky. But a fatal error was made in the rush and before it could leave. Kaboom.

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